Posted by Gordon Carleton on July 18, 19103 at 22:05:22:
Wyandot Co.,OH 1884 History
Pitts Twp.
D. W. BOWLBY was born in Stark County, Ohio, July 4, 1846. Emanuel and Sarah (Stall) Bowlby, his parents, were natives of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. They came to Stark County when children, were married there, and came to this county in 1851. Their children were Samantha, Rachel, David W., Hester, Lydia, Willington, Nelson, Marshall, Alice, Sherman, William J. and an infant. Our subject obtained a fair education; at twenty-one, began work at daily wages, continuing two years; engaged in the stave business three years, and purchased his present farm in 1871, paying $2,650. In 1872, he erected a neat residence, costing $1,000. Mr. Bowlby was married, May 30, 1872, to Adaline Kriechbaum, daughter of David and Eliza (Mosky) Kriechbaum, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers of this county, residing in Antrim Township. Politically, Mr. Bowlby is a Republican.